florge@feddit.uk to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 10 months agoWhy don’t we use radiators as heat sinks in the summer and pump cold water through them?message-squaremessage-square48fedilinkarrow-up1136arrow-down12
arrow-up1134arrow-down1message-squareWhy don’t we use radiators as heat sinks in the summer and pump cold water through them?florge@feddit.uk to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 10 months agomessage-square48fedilink
minus-squareCheems@lemmy.worldcakelinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down3·10 months agoJust put a drip tray on the floor with a heating element that evaporates the condensation.
minus-squaresploosh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·10 months agoJust pump it outside. There’s no reason to dump a kilowatt or more into a heater strip when removing moisture from the air on a hot day makes our sweat work better, cooling us more efficiently.
minus-squareCheems@lemmy.worldcakelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·10 months agoHonestly I was just trying to be counterintuitive
Just put a drip tray on the floor with a heating element that evaporates the condensation.
Just pump it outside. There’s no reason to dump a kilowatt or more into a heater strip when removing moisture from the air on a hot day makes our sweat work better, cooling us more efficiently.
Honestly I was just trying to be counterintuitive